First Irish Viking Ship found in the Boyne River

national | history and heritage | other press Tuesday January 30, 2007 18:48 by Terence

A chance for the government to destroy it

According to Yahoo News, the first Irish Viking Ship has been found in the Boyne river. This is surely a very important and exciting find.

However given the track record of this government at destroying our heritage, in places like Carrick Mines, Tara, and many others, it would be entirely inconsistent of them to preserve this. Surely it should be sold off to the highest bidder at a minimum or broken up and incorporated somehow into chic-furnishings on a set of apartments overlooking the site.

The details given by the news report on the ship were:


The vessel, nine metres (30 feet) wide by 16 metres long, was discovered accidentally during dredging operations last November but the find was not made public until now.


Other information given regarding the Vikings in Ireland is:

Between 795, when they first raided Rathlin Island off Northern Ireland, and 1169 when the Normans invaded from Wales, Vikings established themselves in Ireland.


Full report at: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070126/sc_afp/irelandhist...22912